Mexico 1793-Mo FM 8 escudos

Heritage sale 3010, lot 21527

This specimen was lot 21527 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Carlos IIII gold 8 Escudos 1793-FM, KM159, XF45 NGC, a nice lustrous example. From the Don Benito Collection of Hispanic Gold." This type was struck in Mexico 1792-1808 and is the most available of Mexican colonial eight escudos but remains expensive. Assayer FM is noted for the years 1784-1801.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.07 g, .875 fine gold, .761 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Cayón-limonite, KM 159.

Source:

• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.

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